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Law Practice

Aug. 1, 2012

On being heard

I am becoming convinced that you cannot truly learn to listen, until you have felt the power of what listening has done for you.

Timothy A. Tosta

Arent Fox LLP

Email: tim.tosta@arentfox.com

Find a quiet place to sit comfortably. Relax your body and mind. Take a few slow, deep breaths. This is not a test. The following questions are designed to evoke your recollections of the experience of being truly heard.

Think back to such an occasion. Did that memory arise fairly easily? Or did it require considerable thought? Who was the listener? Do you have a strong visual image of where and when this hearing transpired? How did you know that you were being truly heard? What ...

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